L3 Database Administrator (DBA) – DB2
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced L3 Database Administrator (DBA) with extensive hands-on experience administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates. This role involves supporting mission-critical workloads within tiered service expectations and requires deep expertise in Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations. The ideal candidate will have proven ownership of Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents, advanced performance engineering skills, and a demonstrated capability in backup, restore, and recoverability assurance. You will also be proficient with enterprise monitoring and observability tooling, and possess strong experience with DB/platform administration tools. The ability to analyze operational patterns and drive automation is crucial, as is experience operating in security- and compliance-driven environments. Exposure to ServiceNow AIOps / Event Manager environments is a plus.
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on experience administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates
- Deep expertise in Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations
- Proven ownership of Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents
- Advanced Db2 performance engineering skills
- Demonstrated capability in backup, restore, and recoverability assurance
- Hands-on proficiency with enterprise monitoring and observability tooling such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios
- Strong experience with DB/platform tools used in scope, including DBeaver, Toad, Foglight, and ITOC
- Ability to analyze repetitive operational patterns and drive automation and standardization opportunities
- Experience operating in security- and compliance-driven environments
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to collaborating within ServiceNow AIOps / Event Manager environments (event correlation, anomaly detection, incident prediction, policy-controlled automation)
Responsibilities
- Administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates
- Supporting mission-critical workloads within tiered service expectations
- Managing Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations, including failover readiness, replication/standby health, and DR execution
- Taking ownership of Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents, including rapid triage, service restoration, major incident bridge participation, and leading RCA with preventive actions
- Performing advanced Db2 performance engineering, including SQL optimization, locking/concurrency troubleshooting, memory/buffer pool concepts, and capacity/growth forecasting
- Ensuring backup, restore, and recoverability assurance, including restore testing and remediation of issues
- Utilizing enterprise monitoring and observability tooling (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios) to isolate issues
- Using DB/platform tools (e.g., DBeaver, Toad, Foglight, ITOC) for administration, diagnostics, and operational consistency
- Analyzing repetitive operational patterns and driving automation and standardization opportunities
- Operating in security- and compliance-driven environments, supporting access governance, audit logging, encryption, and backup/DR compliance evidence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
